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and they know when they buy patterns from us, they're helping support us. >> reporter: supporting small businesses is also good for the overall economy. over 99% of businesses in the u.s. are small businesses and they employ about half the nation's workforce. >> small businesses are critical to the economy. if you go back the last 20 years, they've created most of the new jobs in the u.s. economy. and we know that we are struggling with job creation. so shopping small is actually one way to build the confidence in growth of small businesses. which will only help produce more jobs in the future. >> reporter: for leisl and company, small business saturday provides a sales lift during an otherwise slow period. >> we're in kind of a unique industry. for most retailers, it's all about november and december. for us, november and december are actually our slowest months of the year. people don't want to take on new large craft projects just before the holiday. >> reporter: for other firms, the arrival of small business saturday is especially important this year, coming a month after superstorm
and they know when they buy patterns from us, they're helping support us. >> reporter: supporting small businesses is also good for the overall economy. over 99% of businesses in the u.s. are small businesses and they employ about half the nation's workforce. >> small businesses are critical to the economy. if you go back the last 20 years, they've created most of the new jobs in the u.s. economy. and we know that we are struggling with job creation. so shopping small is actually...
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we want to thank wnet here in new york for helping us. our new york bureau in lower manhattan has no power, and channel 13 has given us office space with computers, phones, and tvs so we can do our job ews.ring the we also want to thank other colleagues who have come to the rescue, including the nasdaq, the w york stock exchange, thestreet.com, dow jones, and bloomberg. we appreciatweverything you have been doing for us during ngese difficult days. thank you. have a great evening, everyone, and you too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie.ff we'll see you online at nbrcom, and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wh access.wgbh.orgat >> join us anytime at nbr.com. there, you'll find full episodes of the program, complete show transcripts and all the market stats. also follow us on our facebook page at bizrpt. and on ttter @bizrpt. on
we want to thank wnet here in new york for helping us. our new york bureau in lower manhattan has no power, and channel 13 has given us office space with computers, phones, and tvs so we can do our job ews.ring the we also want to thank other colleagues who have come to the rescue, including the nasdaq, the w york stock exchange, thestreet.com, dow jones, and bloomberg. we appreciatweverything you have been doing for us during ngese difficult days. thank you. have a great evening, everyone, and...
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susan, tha thanks for joining us. an inheritance or a lottery -- how do you make that decision between taking a lump sum or stretching out the payments. >> you take a lot of time before you get to that decision. it is certainly not your first decision. your first thing to do is change management. we do a triage to see what is most important, and we deal with urgent things first, that are really going to affect well-being. usually the lump sum versus payment is something that you can put off for at least a month or two. >> tom: are we culturally bias to take the money and run now, compared to wait a generation to collect? >> you know, i think that used to be the very strong bias until about 2008. and then there was a sense that the investment markets were not so safe. so some people tend to go more towards the payments. neither one is good or bad. they both have their complecomplexities. >> tom: one of the risks of the payments is you could outlive the payments, or you may die before you're able to collect all those pa
susan, tha thanks for joining us. an inheritance or a lottery -- how do you make that decision between taking a lump sum or stretching out the payments. >> you take a lot of time before you get to that decision. it is certainly not your first decision. your first thing to do is change management. we do a triage to see what is most important, and we deal with urgent things first, that are really going to affect well-being. usually the lump sum versus payment is something that you can put...
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debra borchardt with us. now debra, the law will require companies of a certain size to pay if they don't offer their own employees health insurance. how real are the threats of job cuts, though, that we're hearing? >>. >> well, we're hearing lots of companies company out and say that they are laying off workers, that they will be cutting back workers' hours so they won't have to pay them health insurance because of the mandate. but it's interesting that it is coincidentally, of course, right after the election. and then when you start to look at some of the c.e.o.s of these companies also coincidentally they were romney supporters. so you had to start to drill a little bit deeper to find out what was behind all these changes. >> tom: we've got two here where we will set aside politics and look at business fundamentals. beginning with papa johns. pzza, its owner has been a very vocal opponent of health insurance reform. the stock has sold off along with the broad market although it rallied some today saying t
debra borchardt with us. now debra, the law will require companies of a certain size to pay if they don't offer their own employees health insurance. how real are the threats of job cuts, though, that we're hearing? >>. >> well, we're hearing lots of companies company out and say that they are laying off workers, that they will be cutting back workers' hours so they won't have to pay them health insurance because of the mandate. but it's interesting that it is coincidentally, of...
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with us now is jeff applegate. jeff, why do you think that congress is going to be able to come through with a deal on this fiscal cliff? >> the political calculus, susie, is very simple. at the end of the day, the physicafis -- fiscal cliff threatens to dip the economy back into a depression. so we think that's what will drive a deal. >> susie: the fiscal cliff is in headlines every single day. it probably will continue like this for the next six weeks. how is all of that anxiety going to play out in the markets? >> you've already seen it play out since the election. global equities, actually, were down more than 2%. we didn't have a great day again today. so getting a positive resolution on the fiscal cliff is going to be important for the markets, but it is going to be volatile, and it will not be sorted out soon. so i think you should count on near-term possibly increased volatility in equity markets. >> susie: but you still think that the markets will be up for the year for 2012? >> we do. and that's the view
with us now is jeff applegate. jeff, why do you think that congress is going to be able to come through with a deal on this fiscal cliff? >> the political calculus, susie, is very simple. at the end of the day, the physicafis -- fiscal cliff threatens to dip the economy back into a depression. so we think that's what will drive a deal. >> susie: the fiscal cliff is in headlines every single day. it probably will continue like this for the next six weeks. how is all of that anxiety...
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tell us your thinking? >> well, small oil companies get bought out by big oil companies in places leak the marceleste shale are you seeing land prices rise in these places so if you are a small oil company or natural gatt company, buy land, buy some rigs, maybe get bought out by a big player. >> susie: we have less than a minute. let's go over the losers list. you mentioned there could be downside to fracking. you also talk about alternative energy companies could suffer. and defense contractors, you can give us a quick answer on that? >> well, it's difficult. when oil prices go up it's good for nuclear and solar and clean energy players. but when they go down which would happen if you get a lot more production in the u.s. it's bad for those players because people tend to go back to oil and using oil. as for the defense contractors, we're to the going to have to spend some of defending the middle east because we will not need those resources so much because we have it at home. >> you gave use lot of interes
tell us your thinking? >> well, small oil companies get bought out by big oil companies in places leak the marceleste shale are you seeing land prices rise in these places so if you are a small oil company or natural gatt company, buy land, buy some rigs, maybe get bought out by a big player. >> susie: we have less than a minute. let's go over the losers list. you mentioned there could be downside to fracking. you also talk about alternative energy companies could suffer. and...
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nearly half of the silver that is mined globally is used by industries. >> it's being used increasingly in biomedical, in high tech, environmental for water purification, in hospitals as an antiseptic. so it's not just the old traditional smokestack industries and electronics that are using silver. it does really have very, very wide versatility. >> reporter: but what about the outlook for precious metals next year? a lot depends on what happens to the global economy and whether the u.s. falls off the fiscal cliff. if the cliff is averted... >> then i think you will see silver, platinum, palladium-- the so-called white metals-- outperform gold, because they will tend to outperform in a risk-on environment in a cyclical upturn. >> reporter: now, the other scenario: >> in an environment where we go off the fiscal cliff and we see continued problems on the debt side for the u.s., i think the gold price outperforms the white metals. >> reporter: gold's price will also depend on whether central banks continue to diversify their holdings into gold, and whether they implement more quantitative
nearly half of the silver that is mined globally is used by industries. >> it's being used increasingly in biomedical, in high tech, environmental for water purification, in hospitals as an antiseptic. so it's not just the old traditional smokestack industries and electronics that are using silver. it does really have very, very wide versatility. >> reporter: but what about the outlook for precious metals next year? a lot depends on what happens to the global economy and whether the...